Money vs Happiness

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Believe it or not money is not an inherently bad thing. Just as love isn't really a complicated thing until people get involved with it, so is money. The desire for material things is understandable, and is actually good for us. The worshiping of material things like money, on the other hand, is where the problems arise. When we put our desires for money over everything in our lives we start to live a perverse way of life, whether we choose to believe it or not, and those who do this eventually realize that having all the money in the world can not bring them true happiness.

To be blessed is to be able to do for yourself and for others at any given time. When a person is really rich not only do they have a substantial amount of money, but they also have the ability to bless anyone that they may want to at any given time. How blessed are you today, and how do you bless those who need your blessings?

When we think of happiness it is important to think of it as an architect does a building. First an architect sets a plan, usually approved by some kind of board or city council, and then they get to work creating their plan, tackling challenges and obstacles presented to them as they move along.

The way that the world functions today, we tend to think that our beauty is made up solely of the person that we see when we look in the mirror. Little do we realize our beauty is made up of the person that we are inside, not the person that we are on the outside. If we only allow people in our lives that only appreciate us for our beauty on the outside, we will never have real friendships or love.

The only person that can truly make us happy would be ourselves. The things that we want for our lives are developed from deep inside our core, and with guidance from God, we try to create the closest rendition of our dreams as possible. Making our own happiness consists of knowing who we are at heart first of all. We have to know who we are to know what we want for our lives and to know how we want to follow our dreams.

Being happy is a mind state that we have to dedicate ourselves to daily. Not only is our happiness derived from the accomplishments we achieve and the challenges we overcome, but happiness is also keeping a smile on your face when adversity is sitting across from you trying its best to make you frown. Being happy daily relies a lot on who we are on the inside. To stay happy and to keep a positive outlook on life we must remain as positive possible.

You know why its hard to be happy, because you find it hard to let go of the things that make you sad.

In order to be completely happy we have to be able to completely let go of the things that we know will never be again. We have to let go of our pasts, and the memories that bring us down. Looking back will only hold us back from progressing forward, and while it is ok to be thankful for the memories that make us smile, if they are attached to someone that brings us a lot of pain when we remember them then maybe we should try to limit those memories from arising as much.